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Where's the "Intelligence Explosion"?

58 points · 32 comments · anon373839

  1. toasty228 · · focus · HN ↗
    Pet theory: 70% of what we're busy with brings no value outside of keeping people busy/employed, which means automating it and making it 100x faster also brings no value in the end, no matter how much "intelligence" you can deploy
    1. kelseyfrog · · focus · HN ↗
      Like advertising[1].

      1. "Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half." - John Wanamaker

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